In the current issue of Sports Illustrated, the compelling story of the two-month-old Urban Dove Team Charter School, which enrolls kids who are way, way behind (as in, unlikely to graduate) and motivates them to come to school and do school work with a curriculum massively infused with sports and the team mentality.
Using athletics to try to keep kids from failing on the education side
Los Angeles Unified School District is not
In New York, charter middle and high schools enroll more special-needs kids than their district competitors
Well-positioned to pick up the slack and offer options
Online education options are a good choice for many
The formula adopted by officials is a disaster
Here's what happens when the education system is just another government jobs program
Reforms to teaching rules fail, but voters see increased interest in education alternatives
Washington will establish first set of schools; Georgia will allow state to override district rejections
Sets up a process for approving charter schools in the state
Both may expand choice for families trapped in government holding pens
Local officials have been dragging their feet on new schools
There's more to the political season than analyzing every utterance by Obama and Romney.
Voters will decide on charter schools, tenure and merit pay, among other issues
School districts still wary of competition
47 percent support it, while 37 percent say no way
School district's own investigation to continue
Experience, and Obama's endorsement, changed her mind
Twenty years of offering an alternative to the piss-poor government schools
Two ballot measures in Washington State this November
Public elementary school in Adelanto, Calif., will have new operators
Adelanto, Calif., parents finally given clearance to select charter school to take over elementary school
Federal program allows for immigration process to speed up if certain investments are made
"Privatize or Perish" may be the choice here.
Teachers unions, of course, prepare to fight
It's old school vs. new school, literally
Amendment would bypass local boards to ease establishing independent schools
Educrats dredge up discredited research for ammunition
They push the old-fashioned schools and develop effective strategies
Money is tight, as it is for everything
The usual suspects still aren't down with non-district schools
Collective bargaining agreements are often an impediment to innovation, efficiencies, and the elevation of standards.
Techniques pioneered at independently operated schools drive the public schools to improve
So, striking district-school teachers are just digging themselves a deep hole
The move wouldn't give parents a lot of choice, but it would improve flexibility for the schools
And their strike makes those alternative schools look even better
The independently operated, mostly non-union schools serve about 52,000 students
Parents are happy with options, but that's not enough for the usual suspects
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